CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - Clear Spot

Item Description

Vinyl, , Plastic Sleeve, Embossed Logo
LP Album Stereo

There are three U.S. first pressings with the original embossed plastic sleeve:
• Runouts with "-1" matrix numbers (without additional letters/numbers) correspond to the [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/15402961-Captain-Beefheart-And-The-Magic-Band-Clear-Spot]Pitman pressing[/url]. The normal "P" may be extremely faint or missing altogether (as on Variant 1 here). Stamped plate marks opposite the matrix are standard for Pitman (and do not generally occur at Terre Haute or Santa Maria).
• Runouts with "-1A" and/or "-1B" matrix numbers (Variant 2, here) are the [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/11815578-Captain-Beefheart-And-The-Magic-Band-Clear-Spot]Santa Maria pressing[/url]. (See also the Santa Maria [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6695440-Captain-Beefheart-And-The-Magic-Band-Clear-Spot]test pressing[/url] and [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2049334-Captain-Beefheart-And-The-Magic-Band-Clear-Spot]promo[/url].) Look for a faintly-etched "S" and/or a backwards-tilted I or \ before the matrix number.
• Runouts with the "-1-2" matrix numbers and an etched T (Variant 3, here) were pressed at [l403953] but do not yet have a separate sub.

USA 1st press with tan Reprise label.
Labeled as "Side I" & "Side II".
Bagged in clear plastic sleeve with embossed "Clear Spot" logo on the flap.
This flap tucks into a clear horizontal band across the face of the wallet.
The disc is backed by a printed black on white insert. Insert is back-to-back glued white card, with radius corners at bottom, no "Clear Spot" logo printed.
Vinyl not in protective paper sleeve; some retail outlets may have included one at their own discretion.

— Insert:
All selections […] published by Green Bump Music, Inc. (BMI)
Reprise Records, a Division of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank, Calif. 91505
44 East 50th Street, New York, New York 10022
Made in U.S.A. ©1972—Warner Bros. Records Inc.
0598-℗1972 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

— Labels:
All selections published by Green Bump Music, Inc. - BMI
℗1972
Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Reprise Records, a Division of Warner Bros. Records Inc. Made In U.S.A.